The Destructive Worldview of Woke Capitalism

The American Mind
June 17, 2021

J.D. Vance believes there’s a direct connection between woke capitalism and the current plundering of American cities. In The American Mind, Vance notes how the corporate class destroying America is also profiting from it, and argues that Americans need to fight back by reorienting the economy back towards the “real”.

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